b and u003eWelcome to Christmas in Fortune Bay. Blue's carried a torch for Louise his entire life, always stepping in when she needs him most. Now Louise is back, spending December in the Murphy cabin in Fortune Bay, in the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. But it's just for Christmas. She's just finished pastry school and plans to spend the month catching up with friends and spending time with her ill father. Then she'll return to Seattle to find her dream job. As the Christmas festivities swirl around them drawing Louise and Blue closer together, fate steps in again and Louise's plans for a new life begin to crumble. But will it be Blue who pulls her through this time? She has another new boyfriend, but Blue knows it probably won't last very long, and that although it will be his broad shoulders she cries on when it ends, she'll never see how much he loves her. But how long should a guy have to wait? He understands better than anyone that her leaning toward short-term relationships is to protect her heart from more loss and pain. It's been her MO in affairs of the heart ever since the horrible accident years ago that, following close on the heels on the death of her mother, left Louise convinced she would never have a family of her own. But Blue is determined not to get sucked into her drama. To get on with his own life - with or without her. Then a life-changing development throws Louise's plans into confusing disarray. Can the new boyfriend take care of her as Blue always has? He has his doubts, but can he wait around to pick up the pieces again? The Fortune Bay series is set in .